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I mentioned a few days ago that the defensive stands from the three current boys soccer leaders in the MBL and MTAL are on a level not seen in a few years.

Monterey, leading the MBL Pacific Division at the moment, has a chance to match the 2006 Alisal squad for least amount of goals allowed in league play. Soledad (MTAL) and Alisal (MBL Gabilan) have a chance to do what only three teams have done since 2006: win a league title while allowing five or fewer goals in league play.

So here’s what I’ve done. In bold are the three county teams currently leading in the standings, and I’m going to throw in Greenfield as a fourth team because they’re one game back of Soledad in the MTAL race while allowing six goals. You can see how these four teams compare to to every county team since 2006 to win a league title in terms of how many goals allowed in league play.

If Monterey, Alisal or both teams end up winning their division, it will mark the seventh time since 2006 more than one county team won a boys soccer title (MTAL will have a champion from the county regardless of the outcome). The other years were 2006, 2008-10, 2012 and 2013.

The three current leaders have combined to allow 12 goals in league play. Here, you can see how this current year stacks up to the other years when there were multiple county champions.